Beginnings and endings, finite measures of years meted out for us again and again, season after season, generation after generation, age after age—all amount to
During a recent homily, the priest told a story that I feel is extremely profound and important for today, perhaps even more so than he
A few weeks ago, a Facebook friend posted the article \”Everyone\’s a Biblical Literalist Until You Bring Up Gluttony\” by Rachel Held Evans to her
I’ve been writing and blogging my way through life and faith at Just Showing Up for close to eight years now. What began as a free
The Pew Research Center recently released a report, Celebrating Christmas and the Holidays, Then and Now, that offers a revealing look at the growing secularism
“The laws of nature are written by the hand of God in the language of mathematics.” Galileo Galilei “Certain it is that a conviction, akin
Amid this selfie society, so immersed in our preoccupation, nay, our obsession with our personal agendas, it might be refreshing to consider the lessons found
God rest ye merry, gentlemen Let nothing you dismay. Remember, Christ, our Savior Was born on Christmas day. To save us all from Satan\’s power
Looking at the insurmountable pain and sufferings that weighs down humanity all over the world, sometimes it is hard to understand that He is Emmanuel-
Recently, I got this shot in the arm of uproariously good news from listening to an interview with author Rodney Stark on September 2 Kresta In
In his December 1 Angelus message, Pope Francis called the season of Advent \”a journey towards the horizon of hope.\” I want to tell you
If you are like me, the first time you heard that the laity could be members of a religious order, what went through your
My young daughter sat quietly at the table eating her snack. Beside her was her plastic cup, Dora the Explorer smiling on the outside, and
“Now, may our God be our hope. He Who made all things is better than all things. He Who made all beautiful things is more
Manliness. Thanks to websites like the Art of Manliness, Catholic Gentlemen, Whiskey Catholic and many others, the internet is a buzz with discussion of what
Although we’d rather not admit it, many of us worry (or are tempted to worry) each day of our lives. One of the reasons that
Reading John Darrouzet\’s recent article \”Do You See Miracles? Our Ruby Story\” inspired this post as it motivated me to share one of my miraculous
The “Year of Faith” will end on November 24. But Pope Emeritus Benedict’s objective must go on: to “rediscover the content of the faith that
When it comes to how you feel, things are relative. Are you having a good day? Well, you can probably list a bunch of things
One of the problems an ordinary human person faces while trying to accept God\’s providence is the way God gives; God gives us what we
Recently my son took me out to lunch. As we sat in the booth at the restaurant eating our hamburgers I looked down at my
As a grad student in journalism, a number of my assignments come in the form of responding to a question, by way of an essay,
It has been years since I first felt God quietly calling me. At first I couldn’t understand what He was asking me to do. As time passed
It is holy to love our enemy, but we must recognize him. The guy who takes our parking spot, the cranky neighbor, the difficult in-law…they
